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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
GrNrnAL LONGS LIVE GaLrr.

The review OF General longs Life of
Lee" in the Indec- ARpeal is interesting,
and viii recommend the book.
1t is certain Tat General Il. Z. Lee has
already Geen pronounced a great soldier
by tho most critical military judgment
= and "a for his character, perhaps it was
best summed up by that person who
termed him the Modern Roland for
his patriotism aud personal self disci-
pline, with his genius, combined TO make
man that the ideal Of art could not ex-
Gel.
Az for some of his l%ieutenants, If We
eliminate sentiment entirely and leave
out the cavilling Of men over their re-
spect:ve achievements, the hard facts
show q vast amount of incompetency.
The TaGar-ADpt1I cites the failure Of
General Longstreet to obey orders at the
battle of Gettysburg, and the failure Of
Stewart to act his proper part.
1t is all very well to extol an officer
whose glory has been made principally
by the courage OF the soldiers, and il is
generally the case that history is made
from official reports.
But your average war hero looks very
small In the light of certain facts that
his report ignores.
With ell due respect to the courage and
ability of the Confederate generals, we
do not believe that history will keep but
three OF them on the roll of those sol
diers who could by their personal genius
do with a certain number Of men I'M
der adverse circumstances what an
other could not do with twice the num-
bers under favorable circumstances.
These three were Lee, Jackson, and
Forrest.
On the other side, it is simply a prob
lem involving the proportion of
three to one, which is increased TO a pro-
portion of four to one by the immense
superiority OF the North in resources.
Among the prominent achievements OF
the war, Sheridan's campaign against
Early was a simple illustration of that
problem, and the close of the war came
naturally by the increasing disparity OF
numbers, and not by any military genius
on the Federal side.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

Editor DOrsheimer, Of the Star, in an.
swer 90 a letter from Mr. Morrison charg-
Ing him will Inconsistency, says:
"You have no more reason to say that
l am opposed to tariff reform than have
for saying that you are. Indeed, were l
disposed to argue as you do, ! might
point 20 the failures you have made az
proof that you are on the other side
| do not argue in that way, because that
Is not my method Of discussion, and be-
cause l know that you are as sincere as
! am"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
OUR VOLUNTEERS.

The militia was called out last night TO
90 to Newport News. The longshoremen,
as stated several DAYS ago in The TINES,
are on a strike. The First regiment is
composed OF excellent material in all re-
spects. but this incident moves VA 10
urge a very important fact, namely;
That there are hundrens Of men who.
rs patriotic citizens, would enlist in
volunteer companies if they could be
spared the farce Of gilt and feathers and
wear a service uniform with q real
soldiers equipment, instead Of parade
outfit that looks like a dude display OF
style to the music Of q brass band. The
PENNSYLVANIA National Guard consisting
Of thirty regiments have no gilt and
feathers bu, thcy look like soldiers,
and the State can afford to
furnish them with uniforms and arms.
Under the command Of General Hart
ranft this splendid body Of citizen sol
diers is an honor to their State and to
their country. Why cannot Virginia put
her volunteer service on a really military
basis instead Of merely making it a piece
of holiday show?
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
THE LESSON OF a LIFE.

The death of John Roach, the great
ship builder, recalls the lesson in a life
that is illustrative of American enter
prise. Mr. Roach was a poor boy with
out a friend IN the world, and by his in
telligence and industry worked his way
up to a high position. lie was a work
ingman in a foundry, but WAS enabled by
the peculiar character Of things in our
free country to do what he could not
have accomplished in Europe.
He is only one among thousands who
have done the same thing. Others like
him have become senators, millionaire,
statesmen, and presidents.
Yet a class Of agitators insist that our
system which has operated in this man
ner and given men premiums Irrespective
of birth, class distinction or wealth, is
wrong, and ought to be changed, accord.
ing to the crank theories Of Henry
George.
In the Providence that shapes our
ways progress must be natural and sys-
tematic. American republication cstab-
lishcd the responsibility and honor of
manual labor and enfranchised poverty
with all the highest privileges that indus
try and talents can win If they use their
opportunities.
But the agitators appeal to the people
who lack The character to use their OPP
~portunities, and argue that because every
man does not improve his condition it
must be somebody else's fault, when all
the time it is simply his own fault,
"Man is born on a battlefield A
cruel law, perhaps, but one that is iueXor-
able and the strongest and smartest
will win the fight over the weakest If
their moral power keeps pace with muscle
and brain. It is said that John Roach
was broken hearted because he had TO
make an assignment owing to the failure
of Secretary Whitney to approve of
certain contracts made with Lis prede-
ccssor, Nj. Chandler. So much the
stronger the lesson.
His success had been made by hoDors-
bic labor as a manual workman, and
then as an intellectual one, and if he was
led into the Ways Of fraud it only shows
the moral Of our text that force and
brain must also have honesty.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
POINTS ABOUT CROWNED HEADS.

1t was not long ago reported that the queen
OF Wurtembors was FOND Of crows.
Queen Victoria and al Of FnSlcnd's royal
family are very fond Of dogs and horses.
This is an essentially British trait.
England's queen has lately been presented
with two guns captured from the Burmese in
the earlier fighting Of tho present campaisn.
The king OF Greece l. a Lutheran, but his
consort is a member Of the orthodox Eastern
church. The king is very partial to English
speaking people. He has also an affection for
nagpieA
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.

Den Hur" is coon to be published in Ger
man.
It j. announced that Zola has Just com
pleted a new novel after tho style Of Mana
When Julian hawthorne left Harvard be
was four and q hali inches larger than John
i. Sullivan.
Charles Howard Montague, who is becom-
ing famous os a mind reader, is n young
Boston editor.
Marie Colombier, who wrote up Sarah
Bcruhardt, is in financial straits and las been
sold ont Of house and hons.
Novelist William Black has obtained a
verdict Of $500 damages against Bow Belslor
a hbelous article published about him.
Whittier IS said TO havo lately finished a
long historical poem, which will DO published
IN n new edition Of bis works.
Matthew Arnold has written an article on
Gen. Grant which viii appear in tho first
number Of tho new shilling magazine to be
published by Murray ofLondon. lis awaited
with curious interest.
II Bernard Carpenter. the author of Iii
Der Amoris q long poem which hus recently
ATTRACTED much comment I'D Boston, was born
at Dublin. Ireland, on April o., 1870. and was
graduated from Bra-olds5 college, Oxford,
IN 1862. lie hos lived in this country since
1874
Twenty years ego Mark Twain, who is now
worth u 800, 800, was working for 90 q week
on d theatrical paper printed for FREQ distri-
button in San francisco, and Bret Harte was
making a living writing "Con0onacI Novels
for the Golden Era as the rate OF s. n
column.
According tot recent authority there arc
600 women writer's in Germany. OF these
thirty arc at Dresden, twenty at Leipzig,
seven at Stuttgart, Glty ot Vienna, eighty at
Berlin, Twelve at Cassel, Hanover and Frank
fort-on thc-Iiain. Tho remainder, among
whom are many princosses and countesses,
arc disseminated in tho small towns and
provinces.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

The United States Supreme Court has
decided that for minor offences citizens
of & foreign country on ships III Ameri-
can ports may be tried by their own
country, but that for grave offences they
are liable before the local courts.
The case was that of a murder COM
mitted by one Belgian Oh another Bel
gian, both being on board a Belgian ship
in a New jersey port. The court says:
"Disorders which disturb only the
peace of the slip or those on board are 20
be dealt with exclusively by the soyer-
eighty of the home Of the snip; bat those
which disturb the repose CT the people on
shore may be suppressed and ii need be
the offenders punished by the proper
authorities Of ne local jurisdiction
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

The British Admiralty has ordered all
The navy pensioners under ffty-fve
years Of age to report for duty.
when called upon Immediately pro
coed and report TO the commanding Off
Ger OF the district. The penalty for not
reporting is loss OF pension. II may be
that the delinquent will be arrested ana
punished as a deserter.'
This order, which Is in red letters, is
tho first Of the sort since the late Russian
scare, when nm outbreak Of hostilities
was considered imminent. Consequently
considerable alarm prevails among the
families of the pensioners, who regard
the circular as an indication that the
government apprehends war.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

Mr. Gladstone points out the fact that
Lord Tennyson's last Locksley Hall is a
monologue put in the mouth Of a fanci-
ful character, and therefore the poet is
not to be held responsible for the ideas.
But if the bard wants TO avoid the re-
sponsibility for those mildewed senti-
ments. he had better make haste to say
lust what Mr.. Gladstone has said.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

Governor Albeit, Of New Jersey, does
not like the Presidents civil service re-
form policy, though he does not abso-
lutely 20 for the spoiIs for the yictors.
He admits that it is the duty of the
Executive to enforce the civil service
law $50 long as II exists" but objects to
his course in seeking, Of his own motion,
10 enlarge its scope.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
Careful of Egs Comfnt.

Young Woman TO dealerJ-I would like to
look ut cauc ~r,ease-for a young gentleman.
DeaieI-}e ma'am. What kind of q head
would you hkei
fOuDG u oman-IIn not particular, only
it must he q material that won't make him
sick at his sionach.-New York sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
would you hkei'
They Go Together.

Passenger on Ocean Steamer-I suppose
the company gives you great latitude in the
management Of a steamer while on c voyagei
Captain-No moro latitude thar longitude,
Iir."-Judse.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

Mr.. Roswell Z. Flower, Of New York,
says that with the House Democratic and
the Senate Republican, the necessity Of
the situation is a compromise to secure
reduction Of taxation. OF course, and
the House majority ought to force the
opposition to agree or put themselves on
record as against reduction.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
nay. GRAM. AND MILL-FGED.
FEED STORE.
WALTER j. TODD.
428 North Sixth Street.

take pleasure in announcing 10 my frieHJs
and tho public generally thai 7 nave opened a
FEED STORE at No. IS NORTH SIXTH
STREET, NEAR CLkY /; that / viii keep con
stautly on hand a 0il line of trs5ciass goods
such - RALEE HAY. SHUCKS, STRAW.
&c, &c; GRAIN. AILLrSTUFFS and CHICK
EN-FEED.
/ hope by strict attention 10 business 10
merit your patronage, and respectfully solicit
the same. Orders by telephone no. 552),
postal. or otherwise viii receive prompt at
tentiOn.
Very respectfully, &c,
WALTER j. TODD.
am now unloading u lot of CHOICE
GREEN-CUGED CLOVER HAY, 30 which /
invite tine inspection OF owners OF COVE and
dairymeu. If you want 10 see something real
nice, come and look az il.
ia slim WALTER j.. TODD.
Mr.. A.. j. STEVENS IS with me-. and will be
glad TO see his friends.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
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THOMAS BRANCH & CO., BANK
/ ERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

BONDS, STOCKS. aud SECURITIES
BOUGHT AND SOLD i'm this and all the
Northern markets.
We have "a private telceraph-wire from orr
Office 10 all the Northern exchanges, aud can
execute orders for ACTIVE STOCKS within
a few minutes of their receipt at our Office.
We get quotations every quarter of an hour.
which are open for the inspection Of our
customers.
Earliest Information on the subject OF Rail
road and Corporation Securities and State
Bonds.
de 2-6m THOMAS BRANCH & co.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
c. W BRANCH & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
III East MAIN STREET

(Statc Bank Building.)
Private wires connecting direct with
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York. Buy and sell stocks and bonds
for cash or on margin. Commission / per
cent. Loans negotiated. Also trade in com
mission in grain and cotton futures, New
York and Chicago. Correspondence so
licited. oct22-tf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12

THE SPRING TERN OF THE SES-
4 sion 1886 OF the Virginia AGRICUI~
TCRAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
will on MONDAY, JANUARY "a,
1881. Tuition free. Board from IS toss per
month. ana all other expenses at cost.
There IS a thorough business cOuf-ein con
nection with the Agricultural. Mechanical. and
Literary features OF this institution.
Students received az any time.
For circular and information address
L.. l.. LOMAX, President,
dct-iaw{wSa Di3cfsbp-., Va.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-12
Gts delivery bv carriers at 8 cents per week.
nY NAIL, POSTAGE PAID;

Liberal commission 10 agcnts 70 solicit
subscriptions.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
Agent Wflliamson's Statement.

Agent Williamson, in letter to the IN
terror department under date of April
21st, says that he has learned that reports
are in circulation in Montana and have
been telegraphcd east. that he had caused
the arrest of farmers along the borders of
the reservation for taking wood to save
their families from freezing during the
past severe winter. Williamson says these
reports are not only untrue, but on the con-
trary he gave special written instructions
to the deputy United States marshal as
signed to the Crow reservation, as we'll as
to the leading Indians living on the bor-
der, allowing Indians to cut fallen and
dead timber and sell it for the purpose Of
raising money to assist them in living, and
he says that nobody living on the borders
could have suffered for fuel when the In
dians were authorized to sell it. He also
says that the class of men who were
threatened with prosecution were set Of
trespassers who were cutting cedar fence
posts and other building material, know
ing that they were wantonly robbing the
reservation of valuable timber not to pro-
tect themselves and families from freezing
but these men were taking advantage Of
the frozen cupdition of the Yellowstone
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07

state capitol being riddled; and in some
cases even plate glasses were shattered
A number of small structures, chimneys
etc, were wrecked by the wind.
DR.. Edward Knox, of Fentress county,
Tennessee, on Monday t,ed up naked bis
14-year-old son for some boyish indlscre-
tion and whipped him with blacksnake
whip until be became unconscious, and
at the pleading of his mother was taken
down. The lad died since. Knox has
fled. Lynching is expected if he is
caught.
The coke workers strike for twelve
and one-half per cent. advance in wages
was lnaugurated at Pittsburg, Wednes-
day. Over thirteen thousand men are
idle, and not one of the twelve thousand
ovens in the Connellsville region are in
operation. The struggle pomises to be
protracted and very bitter. Everything
is quiet.
The people of Fort Pierre are greatly
dissatisfied over the dlscontinuance of the
postotfice there. Over hundred pat
rons receive their mail at that point, and
citizens look upon it as the first move to-
ward evicting settlers from this piece of
land, which for the past twelve years has
been occupied by settlers. Fort Pierre
is opposite Pierre.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
Shot ThrO ugh the Heart.

On Sunday afternoon three men went
into the fremont hotel barroom at Fort
Worth, Texas, and called for drinks
The barkeeper, John Rauscher, supplied
them several times, but finally refused to
give them any more, saying that they had
had enough. One of them began abusing
Rauscher. During this trade Rauscher
took pistol from drawer under the
counter and placed 1t on sidebeard.
"Red" Quinn, a machinist, saw Rauscher
put the pistol on the sideboard and re-
marked, "You are getting that pistol for
me- at the same time drawing 45cali-
bre and firing at Rauscher. The first
shot striking Rauscher in the hip and he
fell, but grabbing the counter he r1ghted
himself, when Quinn shot second time,
through the feshy part of the shoulder.
Rauscher by this time had his pistol and
fred one shot. Quinn fired two more
shots and then, with his companions, ran
out of the saloon He had only gone one
hundred feet when he handed his pistol
to one of the men with him, and saying
skip" dropped to the ground dead.
Rauscher's bullet had passed through his
heart.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
Found the Den of the Gang.


A Baker City, Ore, special says that
Andy Newman, the deputy sheriff, who
has returned from six weeks unsuccess-
full search for two horse thieves, accident
ally discovered the rendezvous for a
band of horse and cattle thieves who for
years past have committed depredations
on the ranges of southeastern Oregon,
particularly Malheur county. The rob
bers camp is situated in Idaho about 200
miles east of Baker City, at the cOnflu
ence of the Grand Rounde river with the
Snake. Here, to his surprise, Newman
found himself in the midst of refugees
from the law numbering upwards of
twenty-five Or thirty men. Well armed
and we'll equipped. The place selected
for refuge by this band of outlaws. is we'll
adapted for their calling. Little valleys
here and there nestled in between high
.precipitous and rugged cliffs and noun
tdInS, sonic Vi ttlcIn duOTulnS an aDun-
dance of bunch grass for the stock
Their outlet is across the Snake into
Idaho, and by this passage hundreds of
cattle and horses are run off from the up
per counties and disposed of to unsuspect-
ing purchasers in the states and terri
tories east. With the addition of guards
at the entrance, the rendezvous OF this
band of horse thieves answers we'll the de-
scrption OF the valley which sheltered
the Doones in the famous novel of Lorna
Doona
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
The Wlckes Boom

Boulder Sentinel: Wickes is BOOM
ing. Buildings are being erected both
for business and residence purposes.
The town is full of people, mostly call
ed thither by the prospect of an i'm
mense demand for labor as soon as
work is inaugurated along the line of
the Montana Central. Saloons and ho-
tells are doing rushing business and
merchants are kept as busy as bees in
filling orders for merchandise. Work
upon the opening cuts Of the big tunnel
is being prosecuted with dispatch never
before witnessed in railroad building.
For the next year at least Wickes will
have the full benefit of the army of la
borers who will be employed on the
Montana Central in addition to those
now employed in the mines. But she
is getting boom Of ruffianism and
sneak thieves as well. Knock downs,
free fights, and petit larceny cases are
said to be altogether too common for
the good of the community.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07

to cut timber on the reservation and haul
it over the country covered with deep
snow, thinking they would not be detect
ed at that time of the year. Williamson
then says that when he arrests man it
shall be for good cause.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
EntOnbed Alive.

Tuesday evening at Nanaimo, British
Columbia, terrible explosion of gas took
place in the No. / shaft of the Victoria
Coal company's mine in which there were
upwards of $50 men at the time. The first
intimation those on the surface had of the
explosion was the terrific shock followed
by an outburst of thick black smoke
through the air shaft. The first explo-
sion was quickly followed by second
one, stronger than the first, carrying
pieces of wood, miners lamps, ETC.,
hundred of feet into the air In few
minutes flames commenced to issue
through the air shaft with loud roaring
noise. In a short time the fan house
caught fire and was quickly consumed.
In the meantime nine white men and
four Chinese were brought up through
the No. hosting shaft r. Gibson
Overman miraculously escaped from the
lower stope by following the air course,
and was met by rescuing party. Rescu-
ing parties continued to attempt to reach
the entombed men, but were able to res
cue only fifteen. The probability is that
all of the entombed miners who number
about 1870 will perish of suffocation.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-05-07
Why Frank Mead Was Committed. =


w. r. johnson, one of the jurors in
Mead's murder trial at st. Paul, writes
the evening dispatch of that city, reply
ing to it's criticisms that the ends of
justice were defeated in holding the de-
fendant b]ameless: "AlloW me to say
most emphatically that the jury, indi-
vidually or collectively, never held the
defendant 'blameless. OF all the posi-
tions set forth making the act justifable
or excusable, the only one considered is
this: Did Frank Mead pull the revol-
yer to strike or shoot? Was the shot
which followed the scuff1e the wilful
act of Mead or was it caused by acci-
dent or by Farnsworth's endeavor to
wrest the revolver from Mead's grasp?
By the concurrent testimony Of all wit.
nesses, Mead raised the revolver high
above his head, an action more nearly
indicating that he intended to strike
than to shoot. BY the concurrent testl-
mony of Rogers, Ewing and Mead,
Farnsworth grasped his (Mead's) wrists
while they were still raised. Now, let
me ask why Farnsworth, being the
stronger man, did not hold them up
away from his body and call on someone
to take the revolver away? My theory
is that he drew the wrists of Mead
down, intending to wrench the revolver
from his hand, and so doing and in the
struggle the revolver was accidentally
discharged. l may be wrong, but if SO,
it is fault Of the head and not of the
heart. 1 would not stake my life that
defendant intended to take or did take
the life of Farnsworth. / would not
stake Mead's life. So we all said"